Tuesday, September 21, 2010

NEW YORK AND NORTHAMPTON

A little while back, Mr. Willems and I were on the phone discussing our usual plethora of important topics:

How he's a bad person for preferring dark chocolate over milk chocolate.

How I'm a bad person for not reading books detailing the criticisms of the criticisms of the fabric of hats worn on the Great Silk Road of China during the Late Crustaceous Period of Boredom.

Arguing whether Vikings or Conquistadores would win in a game of jeu de boule.(Vikings, duh!)

And/or about who's getting better looking as they get older. (Again... Vikings.)

Inbetween all that fascinating rot, Mo brought up a sooper secret project that he asked if I wanted to contribute to.

Well...

YEAH!

I mean, it's been eleventy eight years since we sat around making up stupid stuff together!

(For work, that is)

It was also a good excuse to hit NYC for some meetings I needed to have with some publishers. So I booked up a flight and hit the road (er... air).

Once there, I made my way up to Northampton, MA where I was graciously received at stately Knuffle Manor by Mo and his family. I hadn't been up to visit since they moved there two years ago so a tour was in order and, of course, the house rocks like a hurricane. Especially the chalkboard walls in the dining room.

And those walls got put to good use during the party Mo was awesome enough to throw while I was in town. See, there are a LOT of writers and artists who live in Northampton. You can't throw a rock without hitting at least three.(Personally, I can't throw a rock without hitting Mo.)(Mainly because I'm aiming for him.)

So after all this fun, I went to bed very happy (and very late). Old friends, new friends, yummy food, lots of root beer and many, many laughs of all sizes.It was almost a shame to have to work the next day.But when work involves as many laughs as a party...Who can call it work?